GRE Word List

PANACEA

a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all

The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.

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cavalcadea procession (see procession
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
seasonalof, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season
venturesomeinclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
modishfashionable
sinuousof a serpentine or wavy form : winding
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion